Journal profile · Neurosciences
Neuroscience Letters
ISSN 0304-3940 · eISSN 1872-7972 · Elsevier Ireland Ltd · NETHERLANDS · Weekly · Founded 1975
Neuroscience Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.16; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,430; median 97 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 65.83%; 250 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Neuroscience Letters is published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, together about 30.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Neurosciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeuroscience18.1%
- Neuropeptides and Animal PhysiologyNeuroscience6.5%
- Receptor Mechanisms and SignalingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.1%
- Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine5.9%
- Ion channel regulation and functionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.8%
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuroscience4.8%
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsMedicine3.9%
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeuroscience3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.16LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 155LetPub ·
- h-index
- 269OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 27,554OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.93%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 222LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 40,332 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 152 | 51 | 39 |
| 2025 | 250 | 79 | 262 |
| 2024 | 314 | 114 | 1,191 |
| 2023 | 411 | 142 | 2,745 |
| 2022 | 421 | 122 | 3,969 |
| 2021 | 646 | 174 | 9,625 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
97 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 63 days – 151 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 1 days (106 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 98 days
- Sample
- 106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (465 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 65.83%LetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,430 / EUR 3,210 / GBP 2,750 / JPY 425,420 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ireland Ltd
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Founded
- 1975
- ISSN
- 0304-3940
- Electronic ISSN
- 1872-7972
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Neuroscience Letters
What CAS zone is Neuroscience Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Neuroscience Letters is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Neurosciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Neuroscience Letters?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.16; CiteScore 4.7, h-index 269.
How long does peer review take at Neuroscience Letters?
Based on the dates recorded on 106 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 97 days (interquartile range 63–151 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 65.83%”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Neuroscience Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Neuroscience Letters is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Neuroscience Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Neuroscience Letters is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,430.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .